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Companies have to obey laws and laws are written by politicians. Unless you think companies should be above the law they cannot, and should not be expected to,

Companies have to obey laws and laws are written by politicians. Unless you think companies should be above the law they cannot, and should not be expected to, avoid thinking about politics.

whatshisface 6y ago
Thinking about the law is a world away from thinking about politics. Companies should think about how to comply with regulations, but they should not be biting their nails over whether the candidate who's backing their chemical plant will give a speech about Marijuana decrimininalization that's convincing enough to secure him the position necessary to force the local regulatory body to change the acceptable limits on effluents so that it becomes possible to continue running a process on an old line.
- amanaplanacanal 6y ago
  It sounds like you are suggesting that regulations should never change. Is that what you mean?
  - stale2002 6y ago
    No. That is not what the other person said. Did you accidently respond to the wrong comment? What the person said was that a chemical manufacturing company should not be "biting their nails" over some random Marijuana decrimininalization speech, that a random candidate is making.
    - amanaplanacanal 6y ago
      At the end he was talking about changing the rules on effluents. I guess I just doing understand what he is trying to say.
      - whatshisface 6y ago
        Why should the rules on effluents be related to marijuana policy? They shouldn't be. Why are the rules on effluents related to marijuana policy? Because politics works according to public sentiment attached to individual leaders and their parties, and the leaders and parties bundle together large packages of unrelated policies. Hence a chemical plant owner becomes interested in issues that have absolutely nothing to do with his businesses, or even his business' externalities.

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Companies have to obey laws and laws are written by politicians. Unless you think companies should be above the law they cannot, and should not be expected to,

by esoterica 6y ago

Companies have to obey laws and laws are written by politicians. Unless you think companies should be above the law they cannot, and should not be expected to, avoid thinking about politics.

whatshisface 6y ago
Thinking about the law is a world away from thinking about politics. Companies should think about how to comply with regulations, but they should not be biting their nails over whether the candidate who's backing their chemical plant will give a speech about Marijuana decrimininalization that's convincing enough to secure him the position necessary to force the local regulatory body to change the acceptable limits on effluents so that it becomes possible to continue running a process on an old line.
- amanaplanacanal 6y ago
  It sounds like you are suggesting that regulations should never change. Is that what you mean?
  - stale2002 6y ago
    No. That is not what the other person said. Did you accidently respond to the wrong comment? What the person said was that a chemical manufacturing company should not be "biting their nails" over some random Marijuana decrimininalization speech, that a random candidate is making.
    - amanaplanacanal 6y ago
      At the end he was talking about changing the rules on effluents. I guess I just doing understand what he is trying to say.
      - whatshisface 6y ago
        Why should the rules on effluents be related to marijuana policy? They shouldn't be. Why are the rules on effluents related to marijuana policy? Because politics works according to public sentiment attached to individual leaders and their parties, and the leaders and parties bundle together large packages of unrelated policies. Hence a chemical plant owner becomes interested in issues that have absolutely nothing to do with his businesses, or even his business' externalities.